There are things in this world that we choose to do. Things we must do. And others we can do. I have always hoped to capture more people with pictures of Necrons that in the same way felt the same way about a universe that has nothing but one thing in it worth figthing for. Being a Heroic villan that had but the best at heart for the world around him. To do terrible things to get his will done. And most importantly being able to do so though means given in the Universe. And Necrons just fit that role perfectly to me. Sure Doing the same with a Space marine would be the road most people would take. But they are part of a empire that I cannot get behind. It is rotten in a way only Humans can do to things, and It disgust me. The Eldar may seek the best of all life but they will care little about what they will have to do to do so. Sure they look pretty in the eyes of everyone else but I cannot but use them as a stress ball. And the Fallen hero in chaos is simply seen with every space marine chapter ever... Tyranids and Tau falls short on some points... Tau has tech that is awesome but I cannot relate myself to their tactics on the schale they do. And Tyranids are simply one big pile of no... Necrons are pure. They can be made any way the creator want. But most importantly: they got the means to do so. There is beauty in what they strife to do. Killing all life or enslaving it. Life that fuel the warp and by that extend does need to be Exterminated. (also becourse I have a thing for Robots and skeletons.... total win). Unlike the Mecanicus does not need to dig their treasures out of the rubble but crawl out themself. I could have liked mecanicus was it not for the entire religion part. Another thing that the Necrons could have done right. They, of all... In a world where gods are real decided to genocide their own gods and lock them down. If that does not mean "power" in a symbolic way I will happily explain it. 40k never spoke to me... only as a thing that should die.. and the necrons are the best means to do so... and becourse nothing, I expect all I have made to die. Even the necrons, the curse of non human races seems to do that. Nuff love for Necrons for today.
Finally one of my great works is complete. Phew! ~ Ciphra Doctrina ~ Anno Domini 0867016M3 Hello and thanks for reading!If you are new to this part of the Forum and/or to this whole roleplaying business, then you are at the right place - for this one single post will give you a good start at what we do here. ...oh and welcome! Who am I? Just a roleplayer who`s been mucking around here for two years now.Finding to be rather fond of the stuff we do here, so I have decided to give my own piece of contribution to it. Ciphra Doctrina or simply - The Cypher, is one of the parts of the Cypher Project that I have undertaken here in this little roleplaying corner of ours.Its goals is: Constant revitalization of the roleplaying content and community through comprehensive overlay of everything we created thus far for veterans and newbies alike; Rapid introduction of the new members through a wealth of information, as well as constant information for the more regular posters; Careful monitoring of the general activity and what the community wants to do next at a weekly/monthly basis; In a effort not to scare you of (and as such deprive you of all of the fun and joy you could have had here), especially if you are new to 40K and/or roleplaying I`ll give you this basic, quick steps of what we are and how can you roleplay with us here! As we enjoy Eternal Crusade, we also enjoy narrative roleplay, that has not only deepen our passion for the 40K setting and Eternal Crusade, but also brought people here together and from that, forged some really good friendships. Here is the quick summary of everything you might want to know. The Tutorial: Spoiler Narrative roleplay?Wat? Narrative roleplay is a form of roleplay that is not based on dices or any sort of mathematical system or some hidden algorithm that GM has to perform for the RP to run.It can...but does not need to.Instead it can (and usually is) driven mainly by narrative.Here is an example of two roleplayers, roleplaying under the vigilant guidance of their GM: Spoiler And as a player, player 1 responds: To which Player 2 responds: That would be a fine example of how a GM, narrates the story as it progresses and players catching onto the 'flow' and working from there, each one adding a little more for the one that follows him to continue, as you could have seen from the examples of Player 1 and 2.This sometimes results in great stories and characters that you can, not only have fun with, but also sympathize with! That is narrative roleplayer in its most pure, distilled form. So...no dices, huh?Awesome!But what are all theses shortcuts and tiny little words.Everyone is using them and I am having troubles understanding them at times! Lazy!Here you go: Spoiler GM - game master - a person that made the roleplay you are participating in and essentially is the general architect behind the story.If you make your daily sacrifices to Cthulhu...it may be prudent to dedicate them now to your local GM. RP - roleplay; RPer - roleplayer; IC - In Character (usually marks when a person talks to you for real and when is their character talking to you. IC Thread/RP thread - thread you RP in! OOC - Out Of Character - an acronym that tells everyone that the said person is...well...out of the character! Char/char/char. - character! WIP - work in progress; PnP - pen & paper - usually a term used to distinguish the oldest version of RPG games (PnP) from RPG video games. PCs - player characters; Nice!So...how do I make a character?I want to make one!I have so many ideas!/I don't know where to start. Usually when you see a GM making an RP game, he/she will usually post the character sheet he/she requires that you need to fill in.Most of the time its neanderthal-level basic and goes something like this: Spoiler Player Name: Character Name: Character Race: <GM allowed races within the RP setting>; Sex/gender: Hey that is...! *slaps*...umm...male I guess. Allegiance: Undying faith and loyalty to... <in most RPs everything beneath this point is usually optional> Character Background: Mark was born on Hive World of... Fill that up and send it to GM/post it in her/his OOC thread for approval (and hope she/he is pleased with the sacrifices dedicated). It is really simple and can be done in less then a minute.Though some folks (like me) can spend hours over the course of multiple days on a char. sheet...and still end up scrapping it. Its really down to the preference, your literal gusto and how much time you got to spare for it So...can I roleplay now?I am not well versed in Warhammer 40K/I don't know it at all but I saw a video of a planet getting blown up/LORD INQUISITOR/I don't know it at all but I saw some cool starships and men and women dressed like walking churches... Its okay.While it does take a considerable amount of time to get immersed into the vast clusterfuck that is 40K, some basic forms of knowledge are all you need really, which you can obtain by simply googling 'Warhammer 40K' and starting from there.If you have any doubts or additional questions or an unsure/scared/embarrassed to ask here in the Tavern (the current thread you are in) feel free to PM me or the GM you want to RP with. English is not really my native language... Neither is to the many of the folks here. ...well...my English is not so good...really... That is quite alright.Just look at @Vulpas he has been here for quite a while and that does not stop him from roleplaying! ...but I may not be able to form EPIK LINES OF PURE TXT AND AWESOME! That is quite alright.It is not a requirement.No one here were able when they started. Okay then.But some of the GMs/players post really...really long texts!Do I have to read them? Do I have a laspistol to you head?No.Then you don't need to read them. If you don't like the length or breath of posts in a RP...just pick another RP! But can I just ignore them and just write what I want!? Well...no.Narrative roleplay is all about having fun - with others.If you stand out as a silent guy who is a resident contrarian to the narrative, you will burn out quickly and drop-out. :-/ I really like a certain RP but a certain GM makes really long posts that use words I don't even understand and encourages others to do so.Can I ignore it? If you are not roleplaying with them...you can!If you are roleplaying with them...well...why are you roleplaying with them?If you like the quality of the post so much but you cant stand the walls of text, start with a similar GM that has a smaller RP...you`ll get used to quickly! Just look at @kanila ...he`s been here for almost two years now and I have never seen him write a post more then two paragraphs long. I on another hand cant - to save my own life - write down a small RP post. Am I any better then him then?No. We are merely on the opposite sides of the same coin.An opposing extremes to the given topic you may say. I`ve seen some things on 1d4chan that I would like to roleplay as and I don't think that I would find a GM that would approve it... Spoiler Why is it called 'The Cypher"...or that weird latin version? Allow me the pretentiousness of my artistic expression here, for my intention was not to annoy with things you may or may not know, or to obscure them in unknown meanings - or with funny words of dead languages. I merely wanted to give it some gothic vibes, and considering the main setting of this forum...I do think that is quite appropriate. Its called the way it is called because it is used as a logical key (cipher) to decrypt vast amount of EC content (and we are third largest subforum on this website!) into mere posts.Two - in this case. I find it quite apt and I am happy with it.I hope you will find it suitable also! I am sick of all the doom and gloom of the gothic and baroque grimdarkness.Can I roleplay in a universe that is not 40K? Of course!You are bound to roleplay within the setting that GM has ordained within her/his game.As such we had more then a few roleplays that were either loosely based or not in 40K universe at all. This stinks like a glorified fanfiction smut!I don't want to write or read it!I just want to kill some loyalist scum Tau! Spoiler NO MORE WORDS!I RP WHEN? Well...we are at the end.You finished the Tutorial!Gratz! Look below for the currently active RPs and ask its current GM if you can join... ...or check the Repository for some inspiration to make your own game! Good luck and may the blessings of the Omnissiah be with you.
I would go ahead and say The Bowels of Madness is looking for some more players...because the loyalist side is about 99% AWOL....
~The Repository~ Let us give praise to these stories that have ended and some that had good ideas, but never came to fruition In this hour of analytical brilliance - let us give praise to the God of All Machines!Data is all!Nothing is deleted! As always, the nature of information and its sharing is complex and can be confusing, but do not worry, all will be clear as you, dear reader, read on. Stories that have ended: It may be worthy to note, that some of the titles have been modified by, yours truly, in a effort to remedy any grammatical mistakes or correct syntax as to what I think, its GM originally meant. Chaos and Renegade RPs: Spoiler Steelfang`s Chaos; Akragth`s The Corsairs Rise; Uriel1339`s Ultimate Chaos Erobar`s Cultist Questing Time! (Quest RP) Valonox`s Chaos Roleplay Wincent`s The Life of a Cultist Savage`s [rpg] The Legions of the XVII Darthy`s The Lash Of Loesh Uriel1339`s Road Of Damnation Uriel1339`s Renegade Heroes Wincent`s The Dreaded Red Pox Auraelius`s Ave Dominus Nox Vulpas`s Chaos Space Marine Quest! (Quest RP) Colapse`s Lord of the Maelstorm Uriel1339`s Maelstrom Ruler Warsmith0602`s Iron Warriors prologue:"Tyrant`s Gaze" Shadhunter`s Within the Warp's Shadow matt23`s From Within the Abyss matt23`s The Coming Night DeranVendar`s Will of the Word Bearers; Universalist and Faction RPs: Spoiler Uriel`s Super Elite RP; (Arena RP) DecisiveRaindrop`s The Arena; (Arena RP) VanceTheGreatStubbs`s The Battle For Lorjin V Geoelite13`s War For Haruvan 295 Uriel1339`s Tides of Destiny (Battle For Lorias); Uriel1339`s Tides of Destiny Uriel1339`s Eternal Crusade of Arkhona; DeranVendar`s Right An Propah Fightin! Sorcerer Alhendor`s A Game of Chaos: Trial Of Madness; (Arena RP) Uriel1339`s Elite Force Nevan`s The Silent Screams Uriel1339`s The Arena - Revisited (Arena RP) Wincent`s The Invasion Of Hive Fleet Wraith Uriel1339`s Battle For Lorias Wincent`s The Conquest of Immundra. BadD09`s Pirates of Warhammer 40K Uriel1339`s Arenas of Warhammer 40K Wyrmsbane`s Runes of the Eye Virgil_Corbec`s Terra Unbound: a non-pnp Techno-barbarian RP! Uriel1339`s 6th Coin RP! Uriel1339`s In The Slums of Greed Starcaller`s In the Bowels of Madness! Manesith`s United in Blood! Imperial RPs: Spoiler Grigdusher`s Lord General Militant`s Quest (Quest RP) CommissarGaunt`s The Gallian Heresy (experimental RP); Vulpas`s The Battle of Coralis rick_alexander`s Space Marine RP: Destroy The Heretic! Akargth`s The Great Crusade (Heresy Era Rp) Calistian_Zathos`s The Tempest NightxHaunter`s 40k Colonization Role Play (Colony RP) Uriel1339`s Governor Stories (Quest RP) The_Dokta`s Invasion Of The Kronos Xaphen`s The Crusade [Knight-Titan Rp] Uriel1339`s Astartes Genesis Uriel1339`s Co-Op Gladiator RP (Killing Floor style; System Test) (Arena RP) Zyver_Wyrdmake`s Imperial Guard (Colony RP) Colapse`s The Road Of Blood Uriel1339`s House Lionheart - Freeblade Knights Uriel1339`s Iron Brotherhood (Original Chapter RP) Colapse`s The Perfect Warriors WanderingJester`s Original Chapter Rp (Original Chapter RP) Uriel1339`s Colony RP (Colony RP) TuskatheDaemonKilla`s Adeptus Mechanicus RP (IC) matt23`s Descendants of Blood (Original Chapter RP) TechCaptain`s Rogue Trader IC Thread Maleth` Plight of Ternaic Crusade; The Inquisition: Spoiler Steelfang`s Deathwatch (non PnP Rp); Uriel1339`s Deathwatch Pen & Paper Rp Uriel1339`s Ordo Hereticus RP - In The Emperor`s Shadows Uriel1330`s Ordo Xenos Inquisitor + Retinue RP CommissarGaunt`s A Twisting Affair lord-watchman`s Ordo Xenos Shades Of The Secrets Casavay`s Ordo Chronos RP Uriel1339`s The Ordo Malleus + Retinue Rp Uriel1339`s Deathwatch Maleth`s Ordo Hereticus DeranVendar`s Death Watch Casavay`s This is the Inquisition Uriel1339`s Deathwatch Station RP CommissarGaunt`s A Twisting Affair Astra Militarum (Imperial Guard): Spoiler Bjorn_Hardrada`s Frontlines:Imperial Guard RP Xaphen`s Baneblade RP Interest + Recruitment; Uriel1339`s 66th Regiment Of Ruvorn (imperial Guard Rp) Donairian`s War of the Worlds(Imperial guard RP, H.G. Wells inspired) TechCaptain`s Imperial Militarium Valonox`s Plea of Cordile IC Thread CmsrEvangel`s The Concordant (Imperial RP thread/IC channel) Valonox`s In the Trenches Valonox`s Thirteen Hours RP Adepta Sororitas (mostly Sisters of Battle): Spoiler Shadhunter`s Adepta Sororitas RP DeranVendar`s Sisters of Battle Role Play Uriel1339`s Kingdom Come Hiveworld and generally 40K survival RPs: Spoiler Akargth`s Necromunda Akargth`s The Nurgle Dead Akargth`s Space Hulk The_Dokta`s Dreadspire Hive Bjorn_Hardrada`s Renegade RP Maleth`s To Rule the Streets Crazy and Time-Breaker RPs! Spoiler Dreadnought-Bannus`s Jury Duty Warhammer Rp; Fino`s The Least Serious RP Ever; Corphy`s Roleplay Battle! Kazrath`s The Minds of Kazrath RP; DeranVendar`s Space Marine [community Influenced RP]; Akargth`s Welcome to Dreadhaven Vulpas`s The Lost And The Dead Inn Dark-Knight`s Choose Your Own Adventure, Time! Sorcerer_raptora`s Rebuild Of The Planet of White Marble Vulpas`s The Secound Least Serious Rp Ever DeranVendar`s Entertainment For Vect Uriel1339`s Elite Force 3.0 Uriel1339`s War Of The Lesser Gods (daemon-war Rp; Semi-serious) Uriel1339`s Band Of Exiles (semi-serious Rp) BadDo9`s Conclave Animalia - Beast Tamers The_Hive_Tyrant1`s Misfit Tyranids Donairian`s The Band of Exiles - In Tenebris Urbem DeranVendar`s Deff Watchas: The Vigilant Orkstartes Uriel1339`s Elite Force - Time Patrol
Xenos RPs: Spoiler Eldar: Spoiler Banshee`s Soul Of The Infinite Stars Shadhunter`s Eldar Strikeforce Uriel1339`s Eldar Colonization (Micro-Colonization RP) Banshee`s The Song Of Kythramil (Private RP) Banshee`s Soul Of The Infinite Stars BadD09`s Shrine of the Shadowed Blade Uriel1339`s Phoenix Enclave Dark Eldar: Spoiler Angles`s Dark Eldar Kabal Necron: Spoiler Dabeothic`s Necron Rp; Banshee`s The Flayed Queen`s Downfall; Tau: Spoiler Uriel1339`s Tau Pirates Uriel1339`s Shadowsuns Trump MetalDog4`s For The Greater Good! Tau RP! MetalDog4`s Pulse Rifle Diplomacy lord-watchman`s As the Ethereal wills It! WAAAAGHHH! Spoiler Loldoom`s Da Orkiest Rp: Freebootas DeranVendar`s Mork's Murda Brigade! [ork Kommando Rp] McScottish Ere' we go! Ere' we go! Ere' we go! MasterSpookum`s We`ll get ere, all sneaky like. Tyranid: Spoiler Banshee`s The Maw Other (not Warhammer 40K) RPs: Spoiler Warhammer: Spoiler Akragth`s The Road To Ashport DeranVendar`s Dogs of War TuskatheDaemonKilla`s Sanctus:City of the Abandoned Colapse`s Old World Blues Spoiler Star Wars: Spoiler Bjorn_Hardrada`s Starhammer Vintage`s " Tales Of The 108th " Stormtroopers! CommissarGaunt`s Imperialis Vindictus Valonox`s Bad News CommissarGaunt`s Imperialis Vindictus Revival Uriel1339`s Star Wars - Rise of the Sith Earth RP: Spoiler Dark-Knight`s Steel Behemoths BadDo9`s Agents Temporalis IC Thread (Time-Breaker RP) BadD09`s Meta-40k (Time-Breaker RP) CommissarGaunt`s The Fields of Misery CommissarGaunt`s Europan Conflicts (Time-Breaker RP) CommissarGaunt`s Storm Clouds of Europe: Verbal Sparring CommissarGaunt`s Europan Conflicts: The Majhorn Incident bossarro`s Fame Will Never Die (Norse RP!) Other universes and homebrews: Uriel1339`s Stargate Sg-1 RP Shadowhawk`s Lord Questing (Quest RP) Grall_Stonefist`s Old School Pirates Bjorn_Hardrada`s Peace Through Power, for Kane!For The Prophet! ShadowHawk`s Potentate`s Journey Beginning In The East (Quest RP) Grall_Stonefist`s Ye Olde Free Pirates Vulpas`s The Next Step (Colonization RP) Uriel1339`s Trouble In The Malestrom lord-watchman`s Wrath Of The Daemon Knight Shadhunter`s Xcom: Ascension Uriel1339`s Conquest Of Lexarius Uriel1339`s Global Guardians Wincent`s The Grand Blood Valse Uriel1339`s Global Guardians 2 - Another World Loldoom`s Tales From Beyond The Yaruga BadDo9`s Starrunner (anime-esque Mecha Rp Thread) Uriel1339`s The Peninsular Wasteland (Fallout RP IC) Valonox`s Concord of Zenith BadDo9`s TES Adventures Grall_Stonefist`s By the will of the Bazaar OgrynLord`s Thanglaec: A Land of Beasts Adventurer DaKaptin` Illinois Wasteland RP As roleplaying games end, they will be added to the Repository part of the Cypher, however it will not be as frequent in its appearance as the main part of the Cypher will be.When the Repository gets large enough I`ll assign it its own thread.
Cogitation complete. All praise the Omnissiah!May we all prosper! To be honest...I am just waiting to assign it into the Repository along all the dead RPs any day now. That...and I did not get any feedback from its resident GM. Major...you...did not do anything to scare the bloke of did ya? :3
FYI: A Twisting Affair was Inquistion Retinue, and I will be reviving it at some point when we don't have so many Inquisition roleplays or rouge trader elements because it ended due to my deployment. Things I'm considering in the near future: Imperialis Vindictus Revival - Star Wars RP A Twisting Affair Revival - Inquisition RP Fields of Misery - Medieval RP/changing to Fantasy elements Europan Conflicts - Alternative WWI RP, finally figured out the dice mechanics thanks to Matthew Mercer in how to make it simple Not sure, the person already had a 50/50 in my book due to the long absence periods in between responses so I think it's more of a failure to launch due to time constraints similar to the last one and the Colony RP beforehand we attempted to launch and the Verbal Sparring we had going because people don't respond when pinged...
Yeah, I really want to continue Europan Conflicts especially now that I have a system worked out. Essentially it was a full rework to the difficulty system of dice rolls and how attacks are done instead putting an initiative order which it sorted of needed anyway that way it was no longer a action/counter action engagement but more of a, who is naturally able to respond fluidly. It also makes fighting blobs easier and removing the penalty of fighting trash in large numbers but still putting in a possibility of them hurting the player. Big shout out to Matthew Mercer who is an awesome bloke, he gave me some suggestions and helped me work through the system. The second one I am hard pressed to push forward is a medieval fantasy because of one that I'm co-hosting with a private group that's essentially Warhammer Fantasy but not "Warhammer". I've refrained from pushing this one out because there's already one out there and also the time of the year will soon place constraints on peoples ability to post regularly due to upcoming holidays...and dare I say it...the Trump presidency.
Error rectified. If you revive those RPs, I presume they will be under different threads, yes?As such I will evident them as separate games. As for Starcaller...yeah...I hope he will be back soon.It is always sad when the creator abandons his creation for whatever reason - especially if other peeps invested time to help it launch.
